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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Several students have had their internships cancelled or turned remote in light of COVID-19.

Students navigate an evolving job market and the potential of a summer unemployed

April 27, 2020

Many Northwestern students spend their summers working a job, or developing their professional skills at internships. To the disappointment of many students, the coronavirus pandemic has not left these...

The exterior of Northwestern Career Advancement. Low-income students said they felt supported through the summer through NCA’s Summer Internship Grant Program.

Low-income students reflect on unpaid internships and campus resources

September 26, 2019

Weinberg sophomore Amor Delarosa spent the summer at her old middle school helping tutor students enrolled in summer camp. But Delarosa, a low-income student, said she would not have been able to afford...

Northwestern Career Advancement Center. The center is one place where students can seek help for summer internship plans.

NU students express concern over emphasis on summer internships

May 1, 2019

By week five, spring quarter is officially half over, and many students are looking ahead to the summer — for some, that means applying for summer internships. But students say that Northwestern’s...

Applications to Summer Internship Grant Program rise for sixth consecutive year

Applications to Summer Internship Grant Program rise for sixth consecutive year

April 10, 2019

Over 860 students applied for the Summer Internship Grant Program this year in hopes of receiving funds for their unpaid summer internships, continuing a six-year trend of applicant increase. SIGP is...

The basement of Technological Institute. Data collected by Northwestern Career Advancement showed that non-STEM majors were equally attractive as STEM majors in the job market.

Career advancement office sheds light on the pro-STEM bias, says that it’s a myth

March 7, 2019

Despite common perceptions among students that science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors are more likely to be hired, recent data shows that this may not be the case. Data collected by...

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